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Thursday, April 10, 2014

Nail of the Day: Orly Rococo-A-Go-Go

Hey everybody! How is it going in your world today? :) Today I wanted to show you a lovely polish that is quickly becoming one of my favorite purples. It was a suggestion to me by one of my readers...she emailed me to let me know that TJ Maxx had this polish in an Orly duo on clearance. And I can say it was certainly worth a lot more than the $4.50 for two price tag. Meet the charmingly-named Rococo-A-Go-Go.

I have seen comparisons of Orly Rococo-A-Go-Go to Zoya Jem, and the two do look very similar. I don't own Jem, but from the pictures of it, Rococo-A-Go-Go has more shimmer. YAY for shimmer! There is a lot of sparkly, glass fleck action going on in this one. Rococo-A-Go-Go is a red, plummy purple .

Orly Rococo-A-Go-Go is from the 2011 Mineral FX collection, which was insanely beautiful all the way around. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't mind having more from that collection. :P The application was pretty easy on Rococo-A-Go-Go, and the polish dried quickly on me (imagine that!). I used two coats. The only negative thing I can say about it is I had crazy tip wear...but lately, *every**single**polish* I wear has awful tip wear! I blame it on the pollen.

You just can't go wrong with pearls and shimmer.

So, what do you think of this lovely purple? I'm so glad Jessica pointed this one out to me. Nothing like have readers who enable your addiction! :P

Not only is this a perfect Melissa shade (I think the Orly formula even excels the one from Zoya) but also the name is so Melissa, Roccoco with a drive and a vibe - this is you, right? Orly is one of those brands that globally gets neglected I find. In my experience their concept and formula is far better than Opi, Essie or China Glaze... Of course the one and only Sally hansen cannot be mentioned in that sentence ;-) - have a wonderful Friday xxx

You're right about Orly being neglected...but WHY?? I don't get it. They have really come out with some fantastic stuff here lately (I recently brought home 3 of the Galaxy FX!!), and I can't remember ever having a bad formula. :/

I love that you love Orlys. It's not a brand that jumps out at me so it's fun seeing your new loves and discoveries. I think part of the neglect you and Christine were speaking of comes from the fact that they're not really blogger friendly. Never underestimate the power of a gal with a macro lens, lol :) This is gorgeous on you!

Thank you! <3 I guess it doesn't matter to me if they aren't blogger friendly, since I don't get stuff anyway. :P And I like doing posts on things you don't see very often, you know? But this is seriously a beautiful purple. :)

What I mean is, no one is sent samples so there's no buzz about this brand (as opposed to Zoya and OPI). You go to google swatches and next to nothing comes up. But I totally agree on posting about stuff that's not really out there. It's like you've discovered something for yourself.

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